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Famous Slinked Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Slinked poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous slinked poems. These examples illustrate what a famous slinked poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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...re was not a glass of water 
anywhere or even the remains of a trail. 
I got a bewildered expression of my own 
and slinked to the back of the car 
where a nun started to tickle me. 
She confided to me that it was her
cowboy pride that got her through . . .
Through what? I thought, but drew my hand
close to my imaginary vest.
"That's a beautiful vest," she said,
as I began crawling down the aisle.
At last, I pressed my face against 
the window: A l...Read more of this...
by Taylor, Edward



...re was not a glass of water 
anywhere or even the remains of a trail. 
I got a bewildered expression of my own 
and slinked to the back of the car 
where a nun started to tickle me. 
She confided to me that it was her
cowboy pride that got her through . . .
Through what? I thought, but drew my hand
close to my imaginary vest.
"That's a beautiful vest," she said,
as I began crawling down the aisle.
At last, I pressed my face against 
the window: A l...Read more of this...
by Tate, James
...(The French "Tommy").

Oh, some of us lolled in the chateau,
 And some of us slinked in the slum;
But now we are here with a song and a cheer
 To serve at the sign of the drum.
They put us in trousers of scarlet,
 In big sloppy ulsters of blue;
In boots that are flat, a box of a hat,
 And they call us the little piou-piou.
 Piou-piou.
The laughing and quaffing piou-piou,
The swinging and singing piou-piou;
And so with a r...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

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